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Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy! B) X0 \5 D- ?& d! V! T0 I) A7 N1 g
By: Mike McIntyre : |! w2 x% F& k: L/ w
8 q+ H7 K8 C4 @5 c* fUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT
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Print Article E-mail Article ShareThisThe seeds for Tim McLean's brutal murder on board a Greyhound bus last week may have been planted when the accused killer, Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba, the Free Press has learned.
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$ V& j. J- \" N& R* k0 QLi, 40, took a seat at the front of the bus beside the woman after getting on board in Brandon. The pair chatted and were even seen smoking cigarettes together during a rest stop.9 _: B2 p5 R6 b9 o: | r* f# T! ]
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As the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.( D* M p' P7 F5 _+ Y
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It was just moments later that Li allegedly began stabbing McLean repeatedly with a large hunting knife, eventually severing his head, defiling his body and holding police at bay for a couple of hours after passengers scrambled off the bus., Z4 K' f% j, ^6 T5 Z7 |+ K. S# E
& \: X% Z1 O& }) S# R5 u1 q9 tMcLean's family and friends don't believe Li's change-of-seating was a coincidence. And they question why he was charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder, which indicates planning and premeditation.
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/ f0 ?: V, u. ?" `/ ~) y2 e' ]) S"I have this unbelievably strong feeling that him sitting beside Stacy had something to do with this," McLean's former girlfriend, Alexandra Storey, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview Monday.% \1 {5 e0 v+ X
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Tim and Stacy had become friends while working together at various western Canadian fairs through North American Midway Entertainment. They were travelling together to Winnipeg -- although seated separately in different areas of the bus -- and had planned to meet up with a mutual friend in the city before all heading back out to British Columbia.2 [- `' M% T' c3 s
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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.
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- R# F* y4 r3 L3 sThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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! W8 H- t( N3 }) n0 vA call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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